lost post

I just wrote a really entertaining post & lost it all because of some frickin' glitch. ARGHHH!!!!
Too bad for you!

Saturday

I took today off from the regular routine, slept in AND LOVE IT! Oh, yes, this is how it feels to be relaxed. I had forgotten. What's been going on? Well, I got sick again which sucks beyond belief. That's why I opted to stay home today, to try & get back on track. The cough is still going but not as bad as yesterday. I got out of bed after 10 - 10! I am watching So You Think You Can Dance, despite the fact that I didn't want to start watching until the bloopers were over. It's just been on all week so it seemed unavoidable. As for my own dancing, I think the pole dancing (did I tell you I am taking a pole dancing/exercise class?) is not for me. My bad knee just can't take it. It's been sore all week, and the week before. I am thinking of bailing. Normally I would stick it out but I don't want to jeopardize my Superstar Bellydancing career potential. I guess we'll see. On the home front, my short stint with a working dishwasher has been shot to hell. It won't drain & spits out all of the soap. Frickin' awesome. Oh, yeah, and my cordless phone buttons are shot. It takes 10 seconds of painful pushing on the "8", "6" and some of the other numbers to dial. I want to throw it against the wall. It's time to get a new phone I guess. I am cheap though so maybe not this week. That's about it folks. Till next time!

Finally - a long weekend! Woo hoo!

I am so glad to have 3 days off, in a row. It's wonderful. Also, my dishwasher seems to be working again. Apparently jiggling the spinner thing around can actually fix it, at least temporarily. Who knew. I am hoping to clean my house thoroughly but do have some more social things planned. Zoo on Saturday, game night Sunday. I also MUST go bra shopping. My main bra broke, my back-up bra broke, so it's been the sports bra which smooshes them a bit. I can't live like this! I must have proper support. On a less personal note, it's also super sunny & warm here so I should do some patio clean-up. It still has the white trash look right now - meaning two vacuums, ply wood, particle board, bits of cement block, a broken garbage can doesn't look nice in my neighbourhood. Unfortunately, there's a good chance I may waste my time playing video games. I guess we'll see.
T.V. talk: The Office season finale & Lost this week - holy crap! And, wow - holy crap! You know? The Office had some really funny moments, as usual, and Ryan the jerk got...well, if you haven't seen it I won't spoil it. Lost was just crazy - why the lies? That's all I will say.

Getting busy

Overtime has started so I don't have much spare time. Today was relaxing though, I even slept in till 10:30 which is a miracle. I did go to see Iron Man Friday which was awesome. Great cast - Robert Downey Jr. is awesome. He is AMAZING at cheek. And, the Iron Man suits were really cool. Going to the local theatre on a weekend though is really irritating. Adolescents everywhere acting stupid. I felt like I was at the mall. Luckily our theatre was full of comic geeks so they actually shut up when the movie started. I went to Tim Hortons yesterday and it was the mall plus - young girls with babies, creepy old guys, adolescents, kids dressing like teenagers...I wanted to scream. Good danish, bad atmosphere. I will never go inside again - strictly the drive-thru from now on. If people want to be idiots that's their prerogative but I really can't handle watching it. Back to work tomorrow. Great.
ps: I just learned that I have been spelling "prerogative" incorrectly for my whole life - not that I get to use that word much but I am embarrassed.

The fiasco

After weeks of procrastination I HAD to get stuff done before my trip to Calgary so the last few days have been insanely hectic. Productive, but mildly painful. Anyways, after a few hours of sleep I got up, finished up the new ramp as best as possible without being able to hammer since it was 4:30 a.m., finished packing, etc. and headed for the Airport. I got there a half hour before my flight left but had to wait in the speedy self check-in line about 15 min. so the guy told me I missed my flight. They couldn't get the baggage on, I should be an hour ahead, and so on. I assume my face showed my shock & dismay because he was very nice & got me booked on the next direct flight at 9. Stand-by but there were lots of seats so not much of a worry. You know me though, I HATE difficulties and FREAK with difficulties involving travel. I had to eat candy to prevent myself from bursting into tears in front of everyone. I went to the washroom after getting my new not-quite-confirmed ticket and balled in the toilet stall for about 10 minutes. Then I went for coffee, had a mediocre croissant, and read #5 of "confessions of Georgia Nicholson". The concession lady told me to have another coffee at no charge even, which was awesome. The flight was ok. Then, I went to pick up the rental car. My card was declined due to the $500 deposit I didn't know existed so again I was a little upset. Luckily Janet was able to come to the Airport & rescue our plans. We went to eat and Janet got splashed with some fountain beverage and I got a bit of pop in my eye.
After that though - smooth sailing. Ah a mini-vac. I had a nap even.

Lame a$$

Today was really just way too pathetic not to share for a laugh. First of all there was a mouse in my kitchen this morning. As usual, I got up and let Clyde out. I closed the door and Hal was playing with his cat nip container in the kitchen for a while. Clyde came back in and I ate breakfast, had a coffee and started to get ready for work. Clyde was in the living room and Hal was napping on the futon but I heard something in the kitchen so I went back to look and saw a mouse next to my plant. I opened the door and got the broom and tried to scare it out. It ran across the living room and I freaked a bit because I didn't want it to end up living with me. Luckily it headed back to the kitchen when I went towards it. Clyde was completely oblivious and decided to go outside so I opened the door all the way. After about 5 minutes of me hovering with the broom the mouse finally headed for the great outdoors. It took off across the yard and Clyde finally noticed it and started barking. A little late in my opinion. So, Hal clearly didn't even notice or care there was a mouse around and Clyde didn't notice so my whole theory that a mouse wouldn't be able to come in is shot to hell. It was a really cute mouse and I wouldn't mind having a pet mouse, but I am not ready to welcome another animal into the family & I certainly don't want it bringing all it's mouse friends over. I definitely can't kill it. I feel guilty killing a spider, which I also don't do unless it's between me & my shower or bed or something. I did make it to work and work is work so I won't get into that but when I got home I found Clyde had pooped on the carpet. Great. Then, when I let him out I stepped on the ramp and it broke in a new spot so I have to herd Clyde up the middle so he doesn't fall through...
On top of the joys of today I have a bug infestation I'm dealing with. Oh, yeah, and there's diarrhea on my curtains.

Better

I have been sick. After recovering from my cold from a couple weeks ago I caught some crazy ass bug and got all sick and feverish this week. I even took a day off which is very unusual for me - planned vacation days are one thing but admitting defeat is another. I truly believed I would not get very sick so after spending all Tuesday evening slightly feverish and napping on and off on the couch I went to work Wednesday with some serious denial and spent the day hacking up bits of lung and spewing infectious air onto my co-workers. Apparently one of them has already gone down and was home today because of it. I gave up yesterday morning and called in sick with the promise that I would try to come in after lunch. As lunch approached I felt less and less like moving so I called again and said I wouldn't make it. After several more hours of napping my fever finally broke and I spent the evening in relative okayness. I tried to play Zoo Tycoon for a bit even but didn't last very long. I did however do a load of laundry and have a shower which felt very productive, and was of course hygienic. Today I am mainly just really stuffed up so sound really sick. I could hear people snickering at me on the phone though some people were very supportive and sympathetic. Statements like "you poor thing" really ease my pain. I also like being called "dear".
On the up side I did find a great place to take visitors or even just go for a walk by myself- the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve. It's awesome and I actually got some decent bird pics! Can you spot the goose in this one?